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Ken Marlborough




Golf is a game that has international appeal. Generally considered to be an elite game, golf has a very big following among professionals and amateurs. Golf is played on specially designed courses, according to certain rules and regulations. For professional golf, these rules are governed jointly by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews (R&A) and the United States Golf Association (USGA). There are international championships held across the world for golf: the Masters, the Open Championship, the US Open and the PGA Championship.

The main objective in golf is to hit a ball with a club until it reaches the cup, and use the minimum number of strokes.

Like other professional sports, a lot of betting goes on in golf. Wagering about the outcome of a golf game is the main objective of golf betting. “Matchup betting” and “betting to win” are the two kinds of wagering for non-sports like golf, boxing and tennis. In betting to win, futures are set by odds makers before the start of the game. Futures are bets that are placed much in advance of the game, sometimes months in advance. Betting to win is most common for professional championships like the Masters. In matchup betting, the wager is placed on the event’s winner. It is one individual against another or one individual against a group, which is known as group matchup betting. One advantage of futures odds is that they are not set but can be adjusted by sports books. The odds depend on the number of players as well as the kind of players, and the likelihood of top players to win.

Some of the top golf betting games are: Nassau, Round Robin, Sandies, Bingo Bango Bongo, Barkies, Wolf, Arnies, Aces and Deuces, Gruesome and Criers and Whiners.

Trey


I am 14 and i struggle with having a good mentality on the golf course. I always get mad even though i try my hardest to keep my cool. What should i do?

Nathalie Fiset




Playing golf can be one of the most favorite past times for a wide variety of people. If you have the time, the right golf technique, a good movement coordination, and of course, the resources to acquire golf equipment and to get to a golf course where you can play golf, you are almost all set to enjoy golf. However, although many may seem to nod to the idea that golf is all about those mentioned basic requirements, some beg to disagree. There’s more to golfing if you are a fun-loving person and that is making your equipment top of the line, golfing accessories included, such as golf head covers.

What is a golf head cover, a newbie in golfing might ask. It is that golf accessory that protects the golf driver, and even irons if you have a full set, from getting damaged during travels or just when you are in a hurry to pull a club out or drop one into the bag.

What’s the use of a golf head cover, as mentioned, it is for protection. Since golf is a not-for-the-pauper game, golf equipment can be with very hefty price tags. The expensiveness of golf equipment is the very reason that many golfers need to protect their stuff. A golf head cover can help in this arena.

Golf clubs need utmost care and one of the most critical parts of golf clubs that require care is the golf club head. Why? The golf club head can make or break your game since this part of the golf club is the very part that gets in direct contact with the golf ball. Using golf head covers can solve a golfer’s dilemma about how to care for this important part of his or her golf clubs.

One of the greatest nemesis of many golfers is rust on their golf club heads. And as nature has made it to be, rust can’t be avoided. A golf enthusiast can be very particular in maintaining their golf club heads clean and safe from rust. But it’s just impossible to expect rust to never visit your golf club heads because these golf equipment are made of carbon steel which is plated with chrome. As one uses a club, it gets exposed to abrasion, friction, and moisture, which builds up to produce rust. And rust on golf club heads can eventually turn a great golfer’s greatest hit into a bad one. You can slow down the process of allowing your priced golf club heads from succumbing to annoying rust – use golf club head covers. The golf head cover will keep the club head dry, which will consequently delay rusting.

Now after the uber-functional discussion about golf head covers, let’s go to the fun part. Golf head covers are also considered status symbols. The style of your golf head cover will indicate what your preferences are in terms of aesthetic value and of course, it will show what you can afford to buy. This is because there is a myriad of golf head covers, even designer ones that the more sophisticated type of golfer will definitely love.

So what are your golf head cover design options? Choose among the following popular designs by deciding which will suit your personality best.

Plain golf head cover exists for those who **** too much trinkety sporting equipment. It can be less taxing if you are someone who gets disturbed by too much color or attention, especially from other golf players.

Popeye golf head cover is available for those who never get tired of the Popeye cartoon show. You will almost hear your golf club head munching on spinach if you use this style of golf head cover. Just kidding!

A bulldog golf head cover is for you if you simply love dogs, especially bull dogs. Great for really virile guys who want more fun from golf and some attention from other golfers, say girl golfers. Arf!

State flag design head covers are for those who are very patriotic and would always appreciate anything that symbolizes his or her country.

Your own golf club might be giving away free golf head covers. Just ask.
Enjoy protecting your golf club heads with fun golf head covers!

Lawrence Bredenkamp




It is quite amazing how many club players do not concentrate on playing winning golf. If you want to play winning golf you sometimes have to forget about your score – as crazy as this sounds.

Golf is a game of fun and there is no more fun than playing winning golf yet how many of us get tense when we drop an unnecessary shot. Take it in the context of the game and react accordingly.

What do I mean by that? Well quite simply most golfers seem to want to get their best score ever – every time they play. Now this is quite natural because the average golfer is fortunate if he can play once a week. It therefore becomes important to him to play his best. But striving to play your best every time you play golf puts you under tremendous pressure and more often than not leads to disappointment.

May I suggest you concentrate on the game in hand and if you succeed in that you will learn to relax, enjoy, win more often and no doubt shoot lower scores.

Let’s put some numbers to this. If we take matchplay for example your score does not count for anything other than being better, the same or worse than your opponents score. This in turn means you have either won, halved or lost that particular hole. Nothing more and nothing less – so does it matter if you made a birdie or a par when your opponent has made a double bogey? No it doesn’t.

Like wise if you are playing a stableford scoring system. The actual score only determines whether of not you get points on the hole. Once again ignore your opponent and concentrate on scoring on every hole. If the opposition has already made whatever number of points you still need to make as many as possible. If you have a twenty foot putt left to make one point then leaving it short is no good – at least make sure you putt it firmly enough to at least have a chance of going in.

Most club games at my club are played on a Best-Ball basis where you have a partner and the best stableford points between you count towards your team score. This should allow you to be bold in many instances as you try and improve on your team score. After all you are trying to play winning golf. To do that you need to have a team strategy not two individuals who are only concerned about their own individual scores.

When it comes to stroke play or medal you need to adopt a different approach as there is no point at which you can pick up and proceed to the next hole until you have completed the last. In this type of game every shot counts so more caution is required. For example on our previously mentioned twenty foot putt you would want to put it pretty close to ensure that at worse you will two-putt.

Essentially those are the three types of competitions played:

Strokeplay – where every shot counts and the player with the lowest score wins.

Matchplay – where the best score on each hole wins the hole and the player/s who win the most holes win the match.

And a point scoring match (of which stableford is probably the most common) where the player/s with the most points wins.

Learn to understand the competition you are playing in and plan your strategy accordingly so that you improve your chances of playing winning golf.

Of course we often have private bets which take a totally different format to the overall competition – this does not lend itself to winning golf simply because it is difficult to win one competition when there is another – different – competition within a competition. Arrange with your four ball to have your bets on the same basis as the main competition.

If you want to learn to play winning golf you need to understand the intricacies of different competitions and adjust your game accordingly. Sure it’s great to continually shoot good scores but I am sure if you start playing winning golf you will automatically find that you will start playing better and shooting lower.

Spartan Golfer


I want to construct a golf net in my backyard. Please tell me what type of wood/metal I should use, the dimensions, and how to put it together.

Please don’t say go out and buy one because I’ve already done that, I’m just making this one for kind of a project.

dbronx24


In general, putters and golf balls? What is the 1st most popular, 2nd and so on?